Balaji Palani is the Director of Product Management focused on InfluxDB Cloud. He is passionate about building powerful cloud products that helps Developers achieve the fastest time to awesome. And with InfluxDB Cloud, his customers are able to collect and utilize time series data to hit even the toughest SLAs. Previous to InfluxData, Balaji has held several Product Management and Engineering positions at companies like BMC, HP, and Mercury. Balaji holds an MS degree in Computer Science from West Virginia University and a BS in Electrical Engineering from Annamalai University.